Grain-drill.



W. VA. VAN BRUNT.

GRAIN DRILL. APPLIGATION'FILED AUG.10, 1910,

Patented Feb. 20,1912.

vVENTO@ v W TNESSES WILLARD A. VAN BRUNT, OF HORICON, WISCONSIN.

GRAIN-DRILL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 19,12.

Application filed August 10, 1910. Serial No.` 576,501.

To all whom fit may concern.'- 1

Be it known that 1,,WnzLARD A. VAN BRUNT, of Horicon, inthe county of Dodge and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain.- Drills; and I do hereby declare the following toy be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention', such as will enableA others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in grain drills and more particularly to scraping devices for drills of the double or twin-disk type, one object of the invention being to so construct and arrange a scraper as to remove deposit forwardly and downwardly from the .central portions of the disks.

A further object is to provide a scraper A further object is to provide twin-disks with a forwardscraper for the central portions ofthe disks and a rear scraper for the outer port-ions of the inner faces of the disks, and to so construct and arrange said Scrapers that they will operate eiectually to remove deposit from the major portions of the inner faces of both disks and permit said depositto drop into the furrow.

With these and other objects in view the' invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out .in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation with one of the disks broken away. Fig. 2 'is a detail view `showing mounting of the forward scraper. Fig. 3 is a modification of said mounting. Figs. 4 and 5 vare detail views showing the rear Scrapers. Fig. 6 is a view showing an outside scraper and its mounting. Fig. 7 .is a

ydetail view of the forward scraper, and'ig.

8 is a modied form of forward scraper.

1 represents the -disk frame of a grain drill having a forwardly projecting member 2, with which the draw-bar 3 is connected and a downwardly projecting'standard 4, at

the lower end of which twin-disks 5 are vided at or near its lower end with a lug or enlargement 6 with which the upper end of a forward scraper 7 is connected. This scraper, which is preferably of sheet steel, 1s made tapering in form and is curved so as to project forwardly and .downwardly from its connection with the standard 4 and to engage the inner faces of the respective disks from points near the center of the latter, said scraper being of such length as to terminate an appreciable distance inwardly removed from the peripheral portions of the disks, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The scraper 7 comprises two members 7a and these are connected intermediate of their ends 'by a spring 7b which tends to press them laterally against the inner faces of the respective disks.

The spring 7h might bel dispensed with and the scraper made in al single piece having a slot 7c open at its upper end and eX- tending approximately to its lower end. Thel two scraper members 7 thus formed will' have such lateral resiliency as to cause them to properly engage the inner faces of disks. In order that the scraper 7 shall ladapt itself to any slight changes in the angularity of the disks relatively to each other during the operation of the drill, I

.prefer to connect said scraper with the standard 4 in such manner that it will be permitted to have slight lateral play and yet be prevented from vertical displacement. By thus connecting the scraper 7 with the standard 4, there will be no danger of binding between said scraper and the disks on account of any slight changes of the positions of the disks with relation to each other. The loose connection between the scraper 7 and the standard4may be formed in various-Ways. .Une manner of effecting this connection is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, wherein the lug or enlargement 6 is illustrated as having a slot 8 for theinsertion of the upper end of the scraper and said Scrapers constructed to engagesaid arm near their outer edges, a. sprlng for moving the outer edges of the scra ers awa from one another, a'nd an adjustl le nut or disscribing witnesses.

WILLARD A. VAN' BRUNT.

tending thev Scrapers, substantially as set Witnesses: forth. i F. CLAUsEN,

In testimony whereof, I have signed this H. MARSH.

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